In a post on X on Thursday night, Iran's chief negotiator and parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, ridiculed US President Donald Trump's repeated shifts between threats of military action and optimism about talks, describing the approach as "theater diplomacy on loop." He mocked the pattern as "'Massive attack coming… wait, never mind, they want to negotiate,'" and said Washington's use of "bullying + broken promises + fake news as leverage is a failed strategy." Ghalibaf called on the United States to "acknowledge the facts and fulfill your commitments," adding, "We don't need more theater."

Trump, for his part, said Thursday that he is "involved" in negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and suggested an agreement could be reached "soon," according to Iranian and Russian media reports. He also told Fox News that Tehran would open the strait quickly or face a "very strong" US military strike. Earlier, Trump had threatened a "very hard" attack on Iran, including targeting energy facilities, bridges and power plants, but later said the attack was cancelled after Iran agreed to resume talks, as reported by Media Indonesia.

The exchange follows weeks of military escalation between Washington and Tehran. The US has struck sites it described as facilities belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, while Iran has attacked US military installations in Gulf states including Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, according to Media Indonesia. The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding in June and began talks toward a final agreement, but negotiations subsequently stalled over differences on security guarantees and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most strategic energy and trade chokepoints.

Separately, Iran and Oman are nearing the final stages of a proposed framework to regulate commercial shipping through the strait, according to Iran's deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, as reported by CNN Arabic. That framework, however, would not automatically mean the reopening of the waterway, the report noted. The talks remain stalled over the same security and navigation issues, with no further round reported in the supplied material. The immediate diplomatic outlook remains unresolved, with both sides publicly at odds over the terms for easing the standoff.